DIY Remote Controlled Underwater Vehicle

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  1. Matt Rogers

    Matt Rogers Kingfish

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    David Schneider is my hero of the day. Not only has he made a DIY underwater ROV that may be able to dive to 60 meters, but he did it with pretty affordable off the shelf parts and has completely shared how to build one yourself. In fact, attached is the source code and schematics in case you want to make your own. How cool is that?

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    Photo Credit: David Schneider

    The front housing was also stuffed rather full with a Panasonic GP-CX161 video camera (only $24 from CCTVohio.com, unfortunately now discontinued), a radio-control servo (a $3 no-name model) to tilt the camera up and down, a 0- to 100-psi pressure sensor to gauge depth (which I scored for just $28 on eBay), an HMC6352 digital compass ($35 from Sparkfun Electronics) to determine heading, and an Arduino Pro Mini microcontroller ($19, also from Sparkfun) to serve as the ROV's brain. Were I to do this again, I'd probably use 4- or 5-inch PVC end caps to make fitting everything in easier.

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    Build Your Own Undersea Robot - IEEE Spectrum
     

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  2. dpruitt7450

    dpruitt7450 Bubble Tip Anemone

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    That's sweet!
     
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  3. reefmonkey

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    Nice! Would be cool to send it into some of the deeper lakes around me just to do it. :)
     
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  4. rc_mcwaters3

    rc_mcwaters3 Clown Trigger

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    agreed it would be cool to try be alas ther lakes here are black LOL but that would be fun at lets say PC or Destin ;D
     
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  5. homegrowncorals

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    Wow this cool Matt,
    i have gave thought about making something like this in the past.
    after seeing this i think i might give it a serious try, i already got about 1/3 of the stuff i need laying around the house colecting dust.
     
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  6. toua

    toua Flamingo Tongue

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    that looks awesome, we should get people to pool money to make a couple of these then have a camping trip at one of the great lakes. :)
     
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  7. tangman4298

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    wow really cool
     
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  8. Matt Rogers

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    If you do it - you know I want to see it! :)

    matt
     
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    Very neat
     
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  10. insanespain

    insanespain Ocellaris Clown

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    This is awesome. The possibilities with an Arduino are endless. I love it.
     
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